The Brownfield Industrial Development Corp. will fund a city project to extend utilities to a site on the Lubbock Hwy where Bush’s Chicken is expected to build a new restaurant. The board voted unanimously at a lunch meeting Tuesday to support the project with almost $59,000 from a contingency fund. BIDCorp director David Partlow told […]

The much anticipated, but long delayed opening of another restaurant in Brownfield took a step forward recently when the City Council directed engineers to proceed with plans for infrastructure that will facilitate construction of Bush’s Chicken on the Lubbock Highway. By unanimous consent, the council authorized Lubbock engineering firm Parkhill, Smith and Cooper to develop plans […]

by Gina Kelly Imagine, if you will, almost 7,000 football fields laid out next to each other. Do you have that pictured in your head? Now imagine that much land covered in grapes. Or, imagine the entire city limits of Brownfield covered by grapes from one side to the other. By the year 2018, there […]

A group of local officials on Friday got their first look at the impressive new Halliburton facility just north of Brownfield. The worldwide oilfield services giant hosted the event with the Brownfield Industrial Development Corp. to show off its newest and most state-of-the art site, now operating but still under construction on a 100 acre tract on […]

Local Vineyards and wineries garnered some top awards recently at the 2017 San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo Wine Competition held on October 17-18. Wineries receiving Champion Reserve Champion, Best of Herd, Top All-Around, Best Value (Red and White), Double Gold and Gold medals will be celebrated and auctioned at the Eighth Annual Champion Wine Auction […]

A Seminole company will soon relocate to Brownfield after agreeing to an incentive package offered Monday by the Brownfield Industrial Development Corp. T&T Earth Movers, Inc. will purchase the remaining 20 acres of land on the north side of Jack Cargill Industrial Park, bringing with it more than $5 million worth of taxable equipment and […]

Editor’s Note: The Brownfield News first reported this breaking news at 9:52 a.m. Friday. Local shoppers will soon have fewer retail options with the announcement Friday that Walmart will close its Brownfield store. Company officials told the Brownfield News the local store, which opened in 1986 at 1405 Tahoka Road, will close its doors for […]

At the last meeting of the Brownfield Industrial Development Corporation, the board heard an update on the High Plains Winery Estates, including the sale of two additional parcels within the vineyard park. Kimley Horn engineer Kerry Miller also informed the board that a meeting between BIDCorp, City, and County officials was fruitful, regarding the road […]

The Brownfield Industrial Development Corp. voted unanimously  to recognize its former longtime director by naming a local industrial park in his honor.  The Brownfield Industrial Park #2 will soon get new signage and entrance gates renaming the land as the Jack Cargill Industrial Park. Cargill was director of BIDCorp for 17 years, before retiring in 2011. He […]

A brief closed session, followed by a quick unanimous vote put an end to a six year quest for electric power after the City of Brownfield’s current contract ends in 2019.With that vote, the city entered into an electric service agreement with American Electric Power (AEP) for electricity after the 2019 switch from Xcel Energy. Mayor Tom Hesse […]